Spinifex and Sand by David Wynford Carnegie
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page 322 of 398 (80%)
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Dp Dp2
All of class Dp recognise class Dp2 (though of another generation) as brothers and sisters. For this reason there is no absurdity in a small boy pointing out a very aged woman as his sister. 6. A man may have as many wives as he can get, so long as these laws are adhered to. Let us now see what degrees of kindred are prohibited by these laws. Let us take the case of a man of class A. He can only marry a woman of class B, whose parents must therefore have belonged to classes C and D her mother being a C and her father a D. Therefore his wife's mother and father belong to classes with which he may not intermarry. Therefore a man may not marry-- 1. His mother-in-law. 2. The sister of his wife's mother. 3. The sister of his wife's father. 4. Nor the sister of any one of the three. 5. Nor can he marry his sister. But he may marry-- His wife's sisters (sisters by blood or tribal class). |
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